He was born April 13, 1933, in Lowell, the son of the late George and Alice (McLaughlin) Haggerty.

He graduated from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in 1957, then served as Lt. Cmdr. on the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid. He earned a Juris Doctor from Suffolk University Law School in 1969.

Joseph is survived by his wife of 45 years, Jean (Lehane); and six children, three from a previous marriage — David, and his wife, Laurie, of Harpswell, Maine, Lisa DelDotto, and her husband, Alfred, of North Andover, Michael, and his wife, Jennifer, of Hingham, Jane Freeman, and her husband, Scott, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Carolyn Spellman, and her husband, Michael, of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, and Katherine Machado, and her husband, Joseph, of Rowley. He also leaves 14 grandchildren.

A funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 28, at St. Christopher's Church, 4 Barrell Lane, York Harbor, Maine. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to The Irish American Partnership, online at irishap.org or call (800) 722-3893.

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